SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING ENERGY TO PASSAGEWAYS IN A PATIENT
摘要
<p>Systems and methods for delivering energy to passageways in a patient, such as airways in the lung of a patient for treating asthma. One embodiment of a method for delivering energy to a passageway comprises positioning an access device in a lung airway of a patient and advancing an elongated body of a treatment device along the access device until an energy delivery unit at a distal portion of the elongated body projects from the access device. The method can further include expanding the energy delivery unit such that energy delivery elements contact a sidewall of the airway and activating an energy supply coupled to the treatment device such that energy is delivered to the sidewall of the airway. A single person physically operates both the access device and the treatment device while expanding the energy delivery unit and activating the energy supply.</p>
申请公布号
WO2009009236(A1)
申请公布日期
2009.01.15
申请号
WO2008US65867
申请日期
2008.06.05
申请人
ASTHMATX, INC.;WEBSTER, NOAH;DALBEC, TIMOTHY, R.;PHAN, HUY;WIZEMAN, WILLIAM, J.;EVANS, WILLIAM;PRESTA, MATTHEW
发明人
WEBSTER, NOAH;DALBEC, TIMOTHY, R.;PHAN, HUY;WIZEMAN, WILLIAM, J.;EVANS, WILLIAM;PRESTA, MATTHEW